Is that a jersey and couple Holstein bulls in the team? If so, glad to see there's use for them besides hamburger. My grandpa had Holsteins for his milking operation.
A las vacas se uncen de los cuernos, es donde tienen la fuerza, no son equinos para desarrollar la fuerza con el cuello. Además, se les pone unas almohadillas para que el duro palo no se le clave al animal y acabe por hacerle una herida.
Bom dia! Pra mim é uma honra viu prestigiar seu trabalho, vamos sempre juntos somar e fortalecer nossos objetivos, Conto com você, eu já estou por aqui..
I like the way you folks down under build your bows as they lean forward a bit lessening the chance of choking the ox.I think ya'll build them out of metal where here in the South we make them out of wood (hickory, ash, white oak). Also, you use the same commands as do we here in the South with those people driving them entirely differently. Here, as with you, you have more than one yoke of cattle working together to make a 3 or 4 yoke team. I wonder what cultural ties we have with ya'll for we to be so similar as opposed to those up North?
I can't seem to make this thing behave to reply to the gentleman who addressed me so I'll just comment again. Not to sound rude but I know what the yoke is and I know what the bow is and yes, Australian yokes are made of wood (I figured Eucalyptus as that I think is your primary tree there) but the bow, that which goes under the oxs' neck and into the yoke, is not wood but metal. They seem to pitch forward at the bottom 1/3 which doesn't restrict the steer's windpipe thus making breathing harder. I would like to get a pattern of one so we could try them here in Mississippi as we still work and use oxen from our native Woods cattle.
You are right,this is mis using animals,cows are for milk farm,and other agricultural activities,not so slavery like this, there are enough tractors,to do jobs like this now,that man is mad for me,,,!!
This is awesome. I have nothing but respect for anyone that can train and work a team like this guy does. I am really glad that there are some people that still have the knowledge of the old skills, we all need to be aware of how we got to where we are and that it was not easy. I have to ask, is there any advantage to working oxen and mules over a tractor driven skidder?
Having the knowledge, and being able to to it are different. I know how to drive a team of horses. Can I physically do it? Absolutely not it's a total train wreck. A travisty. I agree with you, but a historian can read it in a book and understand it but give him a team and some yokes and tell him to have at it and watch the world burn and die. Anyone that can drive a team, horses, mules, ox, you name it..... I give them utmost respect.
The advantage over tractors... 1 maintenance, tractor repairs are frequently expensive. 2 fuel prices often more than feed prices. 3 teams can do more delicate work (tight areas between trees, soft ground is less torn up by a team)
Lower entry level cost (assuming you train them from calves), they produce some of the best fertilizer you can have, if one gets injured or too old you have a freezer full of food.
